Kalinowski Agouti

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Kalinowski Agouti
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Dasyproctidae Genus: Dasyprocta Species: D. kalinowskii
Binomial name
Dasyprocta kalinowskii Thomas, 1897

The Kalinowski Agouti (Dasyprocta kalinowskii) is a species of rodent in the Dasyproctidae family. It is endemic to Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Dasyprocta kalinowskii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

v • d • e Extant species of family Dasyproctidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Caviomorpha Dasyprocta Azara's Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) · Coiban Agouti (Dasyprocta coibae) · Crested Agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) · Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) · Orinoco Agouti (Dasyprocta guamara) · Kalinowski Agouti (Dasyprocta kalinowskii) · Brazilian Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) · Mexican Agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana) · Black-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) · Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) · Ruatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica) Myoprocta Green Acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) · Red Acouchi (Myoprocta acouchy) Category